Gladders1980 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Well as predicted after the rain and cloud all day it did go clear at 22:00 and I went out about 11 for an hour and had a good look at Saturn.My first light in over a year as I am just getting back into it, picked the wrong time of year though, but was good none the less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshane Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 it cleared in my area just before the ISS went over so had a look at that naked eye only. always good to see. then Saturn was in a decent position with twilight still quite bright. usual detail visible including the Cassini division, planetary banding and possibly some higher levels of contrast/brightness in the outer areas of the rings. at least two moons but didn't really look given the conditions. fiddled with my equatorial platform a bit to get the tracking spot on and just for fun increased the power from 160x where the image was stable to 250x-500x where the image was mush. the view at 250x was OK and throughtout these ranges the image stayed within the field for good periods of time.I then had a look at a few doubles which all indicated that seeing was reasonable :Double Double in Lyra - easy splt of both pairs from 150x +Delta Cygni - more difficult split with the tiny secondary star visible in the better moments. needed about 200xEpsilon Bootis - lovely yellow and greenish blue double and easy split at 150x.Alcor/Mizar - always stunning no matter what.Polaris - tiny blue secondary well spaced from the yellow primary.then the clouds rolled in but at least I'd had my fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catanonia Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Clouded out at midnight so gave up, woke to beautiful blue skies at 5am, so probably missed a few hours. Oh um... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine185 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Sat 24 looks promising for tonight, maybe a shower or 2 before 9pm but then it could be clear. Redone my levelling base, charging up the Android tab, gonna have a look at stellarium and plan on spotting a few things tonight, hopefully after England drop young and wellbeck and beat Ukraine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avo Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Roll on winter, haven't seen a star for over a month now.59 degrees N, 003 degrees W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie c Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 Looking good for another clear night 2 on the trot that's going on maybe all those clouds are feeling sorry for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkster Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 The wind situation is looking better than last night too... far too much twinkle on the stars I could see when getting ready for bed (darn early mornings ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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